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[QUOTE="rnabokov, post: 2616552, member: 1847"] Well according to him, he said : [URL="http://www.broncos.com.au/news/2014/08/11/barba_s_bulk_tackles_defence.html"]Barba's Bulk Tackles Defence - Broncos[/URL] "[COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]Ben Barba has only missed three tackles in three games at five-eighth - and it’s all thanks to his bulked-up frame.[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans] Barba has put on five kilograms of lean muscle this season under renowned Broncos conditioner Alex Corvo.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]Barba has morphed from an 87 kilogram dynamo to a ripped 92 kilogram No.6.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]In Barba’s past three games he has been targeted relentlessly by the best packs in the NRL.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]Data from Fox Sports Stats reveals that against Canterbury, Manly and Melbourne, Barba made 40 tackles and missed only three.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]In those three games, Barba missed the fewest tackles of any Brisbane player.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]“I have put some weight on and really strengthened up,” Barba said.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]“I’m weighing 92 kilos now which is a lot heavier than I was a few years ago.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]“I have some good trainers here at the club.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]“It (extra muscle) is helping now I’m in the front-line of defence.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]“I’m lucky I have some good defenders inside and outside me.”[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#333333][FONT=Open Sans]The trade-off for Barba’s bulked up frame is that he is not as fast as he was in his Dally M Medal-winning season with Canterbury in 2012." I know this article has been posted before but it explains a lot, and I don't think Corvo would let Barba put on lard, or lose fitness. Also says something about his so called much maligned defence[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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